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Banking and Finance Yearbook 2023: On the money
Banking and Finance Yearbook 2023 – online PDF
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Steadying the ship: Can the FCA strike the right balance between protection and innovation?
Nearly a year after joining the Financial Conduct Authority as CEO in 2020, Nikhil Rathi committed to making the organisation ‘more innovative, assertive and adaptive’. Two years later, some of this change is evident – particularly in its leadership. Continue reading “Steadying the ship: Can the FCA strike the right balance between protection and innovation?”
Banking and Finance perspectives: Dr Sandie Okoro
Why did you want to become a lawyer?
I always wanted to. I wanted to fight injustice. It began when I watched Crown Court on TV – although I wanted to be the judge rather than any of the lawyers. So, my first inclination was after watching a TV programme, and thinking ‘I want to do that’.
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Banking balances – which firms have the healthiest Legal 500 accounts?
The Legal 500 rankings contain a wealth of information on the top firms for banking and finance, from those advising on big-ticket acquisition finance and restructuring mandates to those with focused expertise in specialist areas such as Islamic finance and high yield bonds. Continue reading “Banking balances – which firms have the healthiest Legal 500 accounts?”
Banking and Finance perspectives: Jenny Stainsby
Why did you want to become a lawyer and what drew you to the financial services regulatory side?
As much as the law itself, it was the draw of international work that led me to the City and to Herbert Smith, as it was then. I had read languages at university and was excited about the prospect of working on high-profile international matters.
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Banking and Finance perspectives: Chris Kandel
I actually started practising law in California, way back in the dark ages. I moved over here for two years, and I’ve been here ever since. I never really intended to be a lawyer in London at all. My lifetime ambition was to be a criminal lawyer in Baltimore. My early career could be characterised as wanting to work at a big law firm in a big city before I would go back to a smaller city and a very different law practice. As you can see, all that planning never really turned out. I haven’t touched a criminal case in a very long time. Continue reading “Banking and Finance perspectives: Chris Kandel”